Mount Pleasant: The Immigrants' Journey

Historical marker location:

3301 16th Street Northwest, Columbia Heights, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Park Road Northwest and 16th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Park Road Northwest.)

The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.